BUCSHON, LARRY (a Representative from Indiana)

Amendments

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6212 [20SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4348, highway programs reauthorization, TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline permitting approval, and Gulf Coast States resources and economy restoration, H2108 [25AP]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race (see H.R. 3541), H2569 [9MY]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 3803), H114 [23JA]

Agriculture: repeal sugar price support program (see H.R. 1739), H1543 [22MR]

Budget: express that passage of a fiscal year 2013 Federal budget is of national importance (see H. Res. 516), H78 [18JA]

Commission To Accelerate the End of Breast Cancer: establish (see H.R. 3067), H2663 [11MY]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H6318 [26OC]

Courts: clarify liability protections regarding emergency use of automated external defibrillators (see H.R. 3511), H2647 [10MY]

Defense Production Act: clarify interpretation does not allow confiscation of personal property or forced conscription into the Armed Forces, unwilling labor, or relinquishing of goods or services without compensation (see H. Con. Res. 110), H1542 [22MR]

Dept. of HHS: eliminate authority to limit ability of medical providers to conduct lawful businesses (see H.R. 6320), H5705 [2AU]

——— improve field emergency medical services (see H.R. 3144), H6001 [13SE]

Dept. of Labor: carry out a pilot program to provide veterans with access at One-Stop Centers to Internet websites to facilitate online job searches (see H.R. 6401), H5999 [13SE]

——— prohibit finalization of proposed rule relative to domestic service employees (see H.R. 5970), H4656 [29JN]

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 3794), H182 [25JA]

Drugs: address critical drug shortages (see H.R. 3839), H218 [31JA]

Economy: increase business engagement and improve training opportunities for occupations in-demand in order to get Americans back to work (see H.R. 3611), H159 [24JA]

Employment: reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see H.R. 4297), H1916 [17AP]

EPA: require a timely review of State documentation and reform regulations relative to exceptional event demonstrations (see H.R. 5381), H3363 [31MY]

FAA: reform regulations regarding enforcement actions against pilots, clarify statutory deference related to the NTSB, require notice to airmen (NOTAM) posting, and reform medical certification process (see H.R. 3816), H4908 [17JY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see H.R. 5969), H4656 [29JN]

FDA: improve capacity to prevent drug shortages (see H.R. 2245), H1273 [7MR]

Federal aid programs: consolidate and streamline redundant and ineffective Federal workforce development programs (see H.R. 3610), H159 [24JA]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 459), H4685 [9JY]

Health: extend health information technology assistance eligibility to behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse professionals and facilities (see H.R. 6043), H5923 [12SE]

——— make the provision of technical services for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly (see H.R. 2104), H2447 [8MY]

——— promote development of meaningful treatments for patients (see H.R. 3497), H6234 [20SE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

Immigration: prohibit Federal funding for lawsuits seeking to invalidate specific State laws that support enforcement of Federal immigration laws (see H.R. 3842), H1154 [5MR]

Iran: condemn continued persecution, imprisonment, and sentencing of Youcef Nadarkhani on the charge of apostasy (see H. Res. 556), H1018 [28FE]

——— express importance of preventing acquisition of nuclear weapons capability and continue economic and diplomatic pressure to secure nonproliferation agreement (see H. Res. 568), H2329 [7MY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see H.R. 2569), H2447 [8MY]

March of Dimes Foundation: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 3187), H4605 [28JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: exclude pathologists from incentive payments and penalties relative to the meaningful use of electronic health records (see H.R. 4066), H3700 [8JN]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 6721), H7516 [31DE]

Mining and mineral resources: improve mine safety practices and compliance in order to prevent mine accidents (see H.R. 3697), H1210 [6MR]

——— improve mine safety practices and compliance in order to prevent mine accidents, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3697), H1498 [21MR]

——— require greater experience of mine safety inspectors (see H.R. 6547), H6276 [21SE]

National and Community Service Act: repeal (see H.R. 3794), H182 [25JA]

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers: reform (see H.R. 1112), H5526 [31JY]

National Eagle Scout Day: designate (see H. Res. 716), H4604 [28JN]

Nicklaus, Jack: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4040), H1274 [7MR]

NLRB: disapprove rule relative to representation election procedures (see H.J. Res. 103), H901 [16FE]

——— permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (see H.R. 4385), H4864 [12JY]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: require Federal agencies to submit and obtain approval to ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of scientific information (see H.R. 5952), H3732 [18JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services (see H.R. 1179), H726 [14FE]

——— repeal (see H.R. 6079), H4775 [10JY]

POW: ensure availability of the writ of habeas corpus for any person who is detained in the U.S. (see H.R. 4388), H1976 [18AP]

Power resources: develop a plan to increase oil and gas production under leases of Federal lands in conjunction with a draw down from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see H.R. 4136), H1153 [5MR]

Presidential appointments: disapprove appointment of certain officers or employees during a congressional recess of less than 3 days and express that such appointments are unconstitutional (see H. Res. 509), H27 [17JA]

Pro Football Hall of Fame: mint coins in recognition and celebration (see H.R. 4104), H1306 [8MR]

Public welfare programs: disapprove rule relative to waivers of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.J. Res. 118), H6001 [13SE]

——— prohibit waivers relative to compliance with Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program work requirements (see H.R. 6140), H5079 [19JY]

SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post Office, Rome City, IN: designate (see H.R. 3501), H79 [18JA]

Tariff: footwear (see H.R. 2697), H1101 [29FE]

Tariff Act: increase dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions (see H.R. 1653), H3267 [30MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Armed Forces: permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (see H.R. 6456), H6231 [20SE]

Constitutional authority statements

Armed Forces: permit a State to issue a commercial drivers’ license to a member whose duty station is located in the State (H.R. 6456), H6233 [20SE]

Letters

Use of public-private partnerships to invest in infrastructure projects: Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, NY, Ed Rendell, and Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, Building America’s Future Education Fund, H2102 [25AP]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H227 [1FE]

Remarks

Applied Extrusion Technologies, Inc.: tribute to health care innovations, E1319• [25JY]

Clinton, IN: Corps of Engineers completion of Feather Creek flood mitigation project, H43 [18JA]

Dept. of the Interior: limit authority to issue regulations before a certain date under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (H.R. 3409), H6212, H6213 [20SE]

Edwin L. Mechem U.S. Courthouse, Las Cruces, NM: designate (H.R. 3742), H5102, H5103 [23JY]

EPA: impact of regulations on employment and job creation, H1029 [29FE]

FERC: transfer permitting approval authority over construction of the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H2102 [25AP]

Gulf of Mexico: restore resources, ecosystems, fisheries, habitats, and wetlands of Gulf Coast States, and create jobs and revive economy of communities affected by Deepwater Horizon oil spill (H.R. 4348), motion to instruct conferees, H2102 [25AP]

Health: reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform (H.R. 5), H1464 [21MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 6079), H4747 [10JY]

Medicaid: impact of increased funding obligations on States, H4747 [10JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of energy policies, H1857 [17AP]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact on tax burden, H4747 [10JY]

——— repeal (H.R. 6079), H4747 [10JY]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board, H1464 [21MR]

Petroleum: gasoline price levels, H1857 [17AP]

Princeton, IN: Indiana Stellar Community Award recipient, E955• [1JN]

Roads and highways: extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), complete conference report, H3792 [19JN]

——— extend Federal-aid highway, highway safety, motor carrier safety, transit, and other Highway Trust Fund-funded programs pending enactment of a multiyear reauthorization (H.R. 4348), conference report, H4622 [29JN]

——— remove privatized highways from consideration in apportioning highway funding among States, H4623 [29JN]

Robert H. Jackson U.S. Courthouse, Buffalo, NY: designate (H.R. 3556), H5103, H5104 [23JY]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: require officials proposing rules to publish scientific studies relied upon in developing such rules, H6212, H6213 [20SE]

Taiwan: observance of National Day, E1615• [21SE]

Terre Haute, IN: tribute to CANDLES Holocaust Museum and Education Center, E1108• [21JN]

Transportation: encourage use of private-public partnerships to invest in infrastructure projects, H2102 [25AP]

Tributes

Fields, Arronn D., E984• [5JN]

Princeton, IN: tribute to Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc., H228 [1FE]

Spohn, Paul B., E254• [27FE]